Merope
Merope is one of the Heliades, daughters of Helios and Clymene. She is a biological sister of Lampetia in versions where Lampetia is counted among the Heliades.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology, likely from the Archaic or Classical period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Machaon, Podaleirius, Cedalion, Aëro, Leiro, Neaera, Panacea, Iaso, Artemis (Diana), Zeus, harpies, Hera, Asclepius, Hephaestus, Cephalus
- sibling of
- Phaethon, Phoebe, Aegle, Lampetia, Phaethusa, Helie, Aetherie, Dioxippe, Cleothera, Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, Cecrops, Procris, Pandorus, Metion, Orneus, Thespius, Eupalamus, Sicyon, Creusa, Oreithyia, Chthonia, Protogeneia, Pandora, Aëdon
- enemy of
- Orion
- parent of
- Glaucus
- student of
- Athena
Mentioned by
- Neaera
- Panacea
- Iaso
- Artemis (Diana)
- Zeus
- harpies
- Hera
- Asclepius
- Hephaestus
- Cephalus
- Aëdon
- Helios
- Clymene
- Pandareus
- Harmothoë
- Aphrodite
and 2 more
Sources
Source passages
“As one of the Heliades, she would have had up to seven biological sisters: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Phoebe, Aetherie, Phaethusa, and Dioxippe.”
#28720 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“After the deaths of their parents, the orphaned Cleothera along with Merope were raised by the goddess Aphrodite, while Aëdon, the eldest daughter, married Zethus, the king of Thebes.”
#42477 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Once Orion arrived in Chios, he got drunk and raped Merope, daughter of King Oenopion. In retaliation, Oenopion blinded and exiled the hunter. Orion stumbled to Hephaestus' forge in Lemnos, who ordered his servant, Cedalion, to guide Orion.”
#42725 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Procris's sisters were Creusa, Oreithyia, Chthonia, Protogeneia, Pandora and Merope while her brothers were Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, and possibly Orneus, Thespius, Eupalamus and Sicyon.”
#43413 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Orion got drunk and assaulted Merope.”
#44746 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free